One of the Christian fellowship groups at Princeton had (and perhaps still has) a really neat tradition, in which the graduating seniors would stand in front of the group during the last meeting of the year and impart a small bit of wisdom to the younger classes. I don’t remember exactly what I or others said, but I will never forget the feeling of warmth and fellowship in that room during those “good-bye” meetings. What I loved about this tradition... Read more
Our dishwasher is broken, so I don’t really have time to teach today. When one technology fails me, another rises up to the rescue. Thanks to Elizabeth Foss for pointing us to the Bob Books App! Read more
Dear Santa Claus, I was just wondering if I am on your good list or bad list. Santa, you rock! (excerpt from a certain child’s letter to Santa, written at school) Read more
Here is a link to instructions for a full lego nativity scene. Looks like a fun holiday project for some stir crazy boys! (H/T Kathi from our homeschooling group) Read more
So rosy is the glow of the season that we’ll send Cliff Lee back to Philly with a big bow on top while we drown our sorrows in Texas in a big mug of egg nog. Red and the MaryAlice family will have much to rejoice in this Christmas (and baseball) season. And now, we humbly give you the claw (at least he didn’t go to the Yankees…) Make sure you text Mr. Incredible from the World Series next year to... Read more
We range from the polemic, to the intellectual, to the metaphysical here at BC, but this evening I would just like to write a post about how ….Christmas lights are really pretty. I know, amazing, ground-zapping, deeper than deep. But, really, I think this acknowledgment deserves a few moments of our time. I was just taking a walk through our Army housing area in Germany admiring everyone’s Christmas decorations and it filled my heart with sincere joy. The soft glow... Read more
Just prior to the start of Advent, our wonderful Pastor informed all the children preparing for 1st Communion that they would be required to fill out a Mass log and a three-sentence summary of that Sunday’s Gospel reading. These logs must be completed each week, from now until May, for students to receive their sacraments. Initially I was a bit taken aback by the assignment. Three sentences is quite a bit of writing for a soon-to-be seven year old, and... Read more
Happy Feast Day! The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is a Marian Feast Day, in which we honor the Blessed Virgin Mary and remember that she was conceived without the stain of original sin. This means that, from the first moment of her existence, Mary was set apart by God because she was to be the Mother of Our Savior. Because she was fully human just like all of us, she is the perfect model of womanhood for all of... Read more
My first baby is 9 years old, and I have been thinking about how that means that I am midway through parenting him. 9 years more, and he will be 18, moving out and heading to college, making his own choices and finding his way in the world. Of course, I will always be his mother, and I know that my parents continue to parent me, in different ways, now that I am an adult child, but the really intense... Read more
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